Observed parental responsiveness/warmth and children’s coping: Cross-sectional and prospective relations in a family depression preventive intervention.

Watson, Kelly H.; Dunbar, Jennifer P.; Thigpen, Jennifer C.; Reising, Michelle M.; Hudson, Kelsey; McKee, Laura G.; Forehand, Rex; Compas, Bruce E.

doi:10.1037/a0036672

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“…Prior studies in the setting of family focused interventions for depression have suggested that parents who are sensitive to and accepting of difficult emotions in their children may promote the development of the child’s emotion regulation and coping skills and be more likely to be viewed as a source of support during times of stress for the child [62]. Our findings suggest that similar targets (e.g.…”

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Stressful Life Events and Child Anxiety: Examining Parent and Child Mediators

Platt

Williams

Ginsburg

2015

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

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While a number of factors have been linked with excessive anxiety (e.g., parenting, child temperament), the impact of stressful life events remains under-studied. Moreover, much of this literature has examined bivariate associations rather than testing more complex theoretical models. The current study extends the literature on life events and child anxiety by testing a theory-driven meditational model. Specifically, one child factor (child cognitions/locus of control), two parent factors (parent psychopathology and parenting stress), and two parent-child relationship factors (parent-child dysfunctional interaction and parenting style) were examined as mediators in the relationship between stressful life events and severity of child anxiety. One hundred and thirty anxious parents and their nonanxious, high-risk children (ages ranged from 7 to 13 years) participated in this study. Results indicated that levels of parenting stress, parental anxious rearing, and dysfunctional parent-child interaction mediated the association between stressful life events and severity of anxiety symptoms. Child cognition and parent psychopathology factors failed to emerge as mediators. Findings provide support for more complex theoretical models linking life events and child anxiety and suggest potential targets of intervention.

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Stressful Life Events and Child Anxiety: Examining Parent and Child Mediators

Platt

Williams

Ginsburg

2015

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

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“…In the future, intervention efforts may benefit from specifically targeting secondary control coping in families, such as by teaching parents to use this form of coping, helping parents foster this form of coping in their children, and building parenting skills that support children’s coping. Such an approach has been used successfully in enhancing coping skills and parenting skills in parents with depression and their children (Compas et al, 2010; Compas et al, 2015; Watson et al, 2014). This model holds promise for interventions for children with cancer and their parents.…”

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Maternal and Paternal Influences on Children’s Coping with Cancer-Related Stress

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Childhood cancer is a significant source of stress for children and families, and children’s coping with cancer-related stress is a key predictor of emotional adjustment. To extend understanding of the determinants of children’s coping with cancer-related stress, this study examined whether mothers’ and fathers’ functioning after their child’s diagnosis—including coping and depressive symptoms—is predictive of children’s coping over time. Participants included 166 children (Mage = 13.47, SD = 2.47, 51.2% female), 161 mothers, and 83 fathers. Approximately two months post-diagnosis (T1), parents reported on their coping and depressive symptoms. At T1 and approximately 12 months later (T2), children reported on their coping. Results indicated that mothers’ coping and depressive symptoms were correlated with children’s coping at T1; fathers’ coping and depressive symptoms were generally not associated with children’s coping at T1. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that fathers’ secondary control coping (i.e., coping aimed at adapting to cancer-related stress) predicted higher levels of secondary control coping in children over time. Mothers’ depressive symptoms predicted lower levels of secondary control coping over time in girls, and fathers’ depressive symptoms predicted lower levels of secondary control coping over time across sex. Parents’ functioning after their child’s cancer diagnosis may shape how children cope with cancer-related stress. Parents’ coping and depressive symptoms may be important targets for interventions aiming to promote positive adjustment in children with cancer.

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“…Results of parenting interventions (usually with mothers) in the United States and Europe have demonstrated that improving parenting behaviors can have positive effects on later child adjustment (Guttentag et al, 2014; Hanisch, Hautmann, Plück, Eichelberger, & Döpfner, 2014; Landry, Smith, Swank, & Guttentag, 2008; Watson et al, 2014). The results of this study suggest that parenting interventions with mothers and fathers may have similar effects on child adjustment in Western and non-Western countries.…”

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Perceived mother and father acceptance‐rejection predict four unique aspects of child adjustment across nine countries

Putnick

Bornstein

Lansford

et al. 2014

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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Background It is generally believed that parental rejection of children leads to child maladaptation. However, the specific effects of perceived parental acceptance-rejection on diverse domains of child adjustment and development have been incompletely documented, and whether these effects hold across diverse populations and for mothers and fathers are still open questions. Methods This study assessed children's perceptions of mother and father acceptance-rejection in 1247 families from China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States as antecedent predictors of later internalizing and externalizing behavior problems, school performance, prosocial behavior, and social competence. Results Higher perceived parental rejection predicted increases in internalizing and externalizing behavior problems and decreases in school performance and prosocial behavior across three years controlling for within-wave relations, stability across waves, and parental age, education, and social desirability bias. Patterns of relations were similar across mothers and fathers and, with a few exceptions, all 9 countries. Conclusions Children's perceptions of maternal and paternal acceptance-rejection have small but nearly universal effects on multiple aspects of their adjustment and development regardless of the family's country of origin.

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Observed parental responsiveness/warmth and children’s coping: Cross-sectional and prospective relations in a family depression preventive intervention.

Cited by 42 publications

References 37 publications

Stressful Life Events and Child Anxiety: Examining Parent and Child Mediators

Stressful Life Events and Child Anxiety: Examining Parent and Child Mediators

Maternal and Paternal Influences on Children’s Coping with Cancer-Related Stress

Perceived mother and father acceptance‐rejection predict four unique aspects of child adjustment across nine countries

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